• Kattam Viswanath Reddy
• Dr. Yendrembam Krishnakumari Devi
• G. Komala

Fruit flies are one of the major threats to the world horticulture sector. They cause significant value losses to the horticultural crops. They have attained the status of worldwide quarantine insect pest. Across the world various studies have been conducted on their status, biology, damage and management. Due to the adaptability of fruit flies to various regions, high reproduction rate and polyphagous nature their management is so challenging. Fruit flies cannot be managed by using a single management tactic so more than one tactic is required to be combined for their management. Different methods of control like cultural control, physical control, behavioural control, mechanical control, biological control and chemical control etc. should be used in combination for managing them effectively. Different methods of management of fruit flies including SIT (sterile insect technique), MAT (male annihilation technique) etc. are discussed here in this paper which will be helpful in framing an effective fruit fly management programme.

Quarantine, biology, polyphagous, sterile insect technique, behavioural control and male annihilation technique

"Management Strategies For Fruit Flies in Fruitcrops – A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.1472-1480, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012193.pdf

"Management Strategies For Fruit Flies in Fruitcrops – A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp1472-1480, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012193.pdf